It was moved by Wieland and supported by Baker to approve the minutes of
July 13th as corrected.The
minutes were unanimously approved.

3.Public
Hearings

None

4.Public
Comments (not related to agenda items)

None

5.Old
Business

Site Plan No. 242  Consideration
of site plan approval requested by Webcon Construction Company for a
15,600 square foot retail building on 1.5 acres located south of Joe Mann
Boulevard and west of Cinema Drive.

Tim
Evans, project architect, traffic coordination of delivery from long
vehicles.He was thinking more like van
or truck access.It is definitely one
way at the southwest corner of the site.

Commissioner Svenson stated that a
contingency should be one way during hours.

Commissioner
Mead questioned if it is over management of the issue and going overboard.

Commissioner
Svenson stated that it would be a bigger issue with drive through.

Tim
Evans stated that there are three complete lanes at the rear of the building.

It
was moved by Geisler and seconded by Mead to recommend approval of Site Plan
No. 242 with the following contingencies:

1.Storm water
detention plans are reviewed and approved by the City of Midland Engineering
Department.

2.Illumination
is not cast off site.

3.Sidewalk is
constructed along Joe Mann Boulevard and Cinema Drive.

4.The
southeast driveway is restricted to right turns in and out.

5.The
boulevard island is altered to align the gap with the west driveway.

6.Parallel
parking spaces are lengthened to 24.

7.Box style
parking space delineation is utilized.

8.Traffic
circulation around the building will be one-way in a counter-clockwise
direction.

9.The
southwest corner of the structure will be shortened 10 in the north and east
directions.

The vote proceeded as follows:

YEAS:Baker,
Geisler, Kozakiewicz, Mead, Senesac, Svenson and Wieland

NAYS:None

ABSENT:Dowling

Zoning Text Amendment No.141A  Consideration of a
zoning text amendment initiated by the City of Midland Department of
Planning & Community Development to add Article 16  Residential D
Mobile Home Park District to the recommended Zoning Ordinance update.

Commissioner
Kozakiewicz stated that it seemed straight forward.

Commissioner
Mead stated that he had looked at several.

It
was moved by Svenson and seconded by Geisler to recommend approval of Zoning
Text Amendment No. 141A.

The
vote proceeded as follows:

YEAS:Baker, Geisler, Kozakiewicz, Mead,
Senesac, Svenson and Wieland

NAYS:None

ABSENT:Dowling

Zoning Text Amendment No.142A  Consideration of a
zoning text amendment initiated by the City of Midland Department of
Planning & Community Development to add parking lots in residential
zoning districts via conditional use permit to the recommended Zoning
Ordinance update.

Commissioner Mead is in favor because the advantages out weight the
disadvantages.

Commissioner Wieland has the same comparison as Mead.

Commissioner Baker stated they werent dealing with a specific
neighborhood.

Commissioner Geisler stated that it was just another tool and was in
favor.

Commissioner Svenson stated that in her neighborhood she didnt know
about the range of uses and this would be a good tool to have.

Commissioner Senesac stated that he saw examples based on a parking lot
and rezoning is hard given consideration of use.Would it be misused?

It
was moved by Geisler and seconded by Kozakiewicz to recommend approval of
Zoning Text Amendment No. 142A.

The
vote proceeded as follows:

YEAS:Baker, Geisler, Kozakiewicz, Mead,
Senesac, Svenson and Wieland

NAYS:None

ABSENT:Dowling

6.New Business

Commissioner
Senesac and Jon Lynch attended the review of the land use plan with Larkin
Township and it was consistent with our plan.They suggested the mall area be reviewed.A discussion regarding the desirability of a
joint meeting in the fall with others too was mentioned.